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Dharmasastra
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अन्त्येष्टिपद्धति No. 35
Antyeștipaddhati
53 (i)
No. 1895-98
Size.-7: in. by33 in. Extent.- 18 leaves; 9 lines to a page ; 25 letters to a line. Description.- Modern water-marked paper; Devanagari charac
ters; handwriting good; benedictory phrase, topics and the last colophon are tinged with red pigment ; first seven folios are bluish in colour ; fol. 16b and fol. 11, but for two lines, are blank. The codex contains two works.
(1) Antyestipaddhati-A small treatise on funeral rites upto the 13th day after death.
(2) Kriyapaddhati. Age.- Appears to be modern. Author.- Anonymous. Begins.- fol. 1.
श्रीविष्णवे नमः॥ अथांस्येष्टिपद्धति ॥ तत्रासनमरणं पित्रादिकं ज्ञात्वा
भूमौ तिलकुशानास्तीर्य दक्षिणशिरसं विदध्यात् ॥ ततः श्रीरामादिस्मरणं etc. Ends.- fol. 18.
उद्धरणांग अमुकरूपाणां अस्थ्युद्धारणांगश्राद्धमहं करिष्ये इति विधिवच्छ्राद्धे ॥ सप्तवेष्टनादिकं कृत्वा तीर्थातरे निक्षिपेत् अंगश्राद्धयुयावत् सांप्रतं विस्तरेणालग्न्यप्यादंभध्वसात् ॥ इति अंत्येष्टि समाता॥
अन्त्येष्टिप्रयोग No. 36
Antyeștiprayoga
581
No. 1882-83
Size.-84 in. by4 in. Extent.-32 leaves; 9 lines to a page; 22 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper ; Devanāgari characters ; handwriting
legible ; two lines in red ink on either border; paper old and musty.
A manual for funeral rites according to Kātyāyana school. Age.- Appears to be old. Author.-Anonymous. Begins.- fol. 10.
